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Trace Carrier;

No. 240,398.- Patented April 19,1881.

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N.PETF-RS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAFHER. WASHINGTON. D c,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. FOX, OF WINNEBAGO CITY, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF ANDAMOS L. FOX, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,398, dated April19, 1881. Application filed March 3,1881. (NomodeL) ing the front end ofa trace or tug to the collar or hame or other part of the harness.

The invention consists in a novel construction of a frame and a pivotedhook arranged and operating in connection therewith, whereby provisionis made for the attachment of the trace and for holding it securely inplace, as

hereinafter particularly described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front or side view of myinvention. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same. Fig. 3 is a section takenin the line w of Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents a frame made of malleable cast-iron or other suitablemetal, and japanned, plated, or ornamented in any suitable manner. It isprovided with loops at and a at its ends and sides to facilitate itsattachment by means of straps to the collar, hames, belly-band, or otherpart of a harness. The central portion of the frame A extends outwardfrom the plane of the loops a a and is formed into two straight bars, BB, each of which has an L- shaped slot, 8, in its side. Between thesetwo bars work two hooks, D D, each of which has a pin, 6, projectinglaterally from its heel and engaging with one of the slots .9. Each hookD is bent at about a right angle, and near its point, on the outer edgeor side, is a shoulder, f, and above this shoulder is a roughenedsurface, g.

In the center of the frame A and running longitudinally thereof,immediately under the bars B, is a bar, H, the central portion of whichis curved outward, and its ends are provided with slots 41 and arejoined onto transverse bars L L.

In attaching the trace the hook D is moved outward by pressing With thethumb or finger on the roughened surface g. This causes the pin 6 tomove in the slot 8, so as to allow the point of the hookto be retractedsufficiently to allow the cockeye m to be inserted between the bar L andthe point of the hook, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The hook is thenmoved-inward again, so as to cause the point of the hook to enter theslot 71 and the shoulder f to catch under the transverse bar L, as shownin the drawings, and thus prevent the displacement of the cockeye. Theheel of the hook is so formed as to prevent it from being moved 6oout-ward too far.

This frame may be carried by the collar and only one of the hooks used,or ,it may be carried by the belly-band and one of the hooks used forthe trace and the other for a strap leading to the collar.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. In a trace-carrier, the frame A, provided with theloops a M, the straight bars B B, the curved bar 'H, provided with theslots *5, and the transverse bars L L, as shown and described, for thepurpose specified.

2. In a trace-carrier the hook D, provided with the shoulder f, theroughened surface g, and the pin 0, in combination with the bar B,provided with the slot 8, and the transverse bar L, as shown anddescribed, for the purpose specified.

3. As an improved article of manufacture, a trace-carrier madesubstantially as herein described, consisting of the frame A, providedwith the loops (1, a longitudinal straight bars B B, curved bar H, andtransverse bars L L, 85 and carrying the pivoted hooks D D, as setforth.

CHARLES HENRY FOX.

Witnesses:

T. L. Bren, W. L. PERRIN.

